Decree No. 28/2015/ND-CP dated March 12, 2015 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Employment regarding unemployment insurance

WORKERS SINGING 3 MONTH-CONTRACT PAID UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PREMIUMS

According to the Decree No. 28/2015/ND-CP dated March 12, 2015, the Government details a number of articles of the Law on Employment, an employer shall make a dossier for participation in unemployment insurance for a worker and submit it to the social insurance organization within 30 days after such worker’s labor contract or working contract takes effect.

For a worker who had signed a seasonal contract or job-based contract of between full 3 months and under 12 months before January 1, 2015, and is performing this contract, the employer is obliged to pay unemployment insurance premiums for such worker if the remaining duration of the contract is 3 months or longer.

A worker who is on maternity or sickness leave for at least 14 working days without receiving monthly salary from the employer but receives social insurance allowance, or who stops performing the signed labor contract or working contract under law shall not be obliged to participate in unemployment insurance during the leave period.

The maximum level of financial support for training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications is VND 1 million/worker/month. The specific support level shall be calculated by month based on the actual training duration of each vocation or each training course, which, however, must not exceed 6 months.

An employer is entitled to financial support for training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications for job maintenance for workers when fully meeting the following conditions: having fully paid unemployment insurance premiums for at least full 12 consecutive months preceding the month of request for support; Meeting difficulties due to economic recession or other force majeure causes, forcing them to undergo restructuring or change production and business technologies, and threatening to reduce existing workers by at least 30% or at least 50, for an employer employing 300 workers or fewer, or by at least 100, for an employer employing over 300 workers, excluding workers signing labor contracts of under 3 months.